The revised Anti-Espionage Law was passed, significantly expanding the definition of espionage activities, adding a dedicated chapter on security prevention, and incorporating the mass line and the primary responsibility of work units into the law.
On April 17, 2023, the US Department of Justice announced the arrest of Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping, alleging the two operated a secret “overseas police station” for the Ministry of Public Security in Manhattan’s Chinatown, New York.
On April 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the cases of Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping regarding the secret police station, the Ministry of Public Security's 912 Special Working Group, and the former Zoom employee, utilizing the transnational repression framework.
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued 34 officers of the Chinese Communist Party's Ministry of Public Security, accusing them of running an operation that organized online mobs to besiege dissidents and creating a large number of fake accounts.
Chinese constitutional scholar and New Citizens' Movement founder Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a court on charges of subversion of state power, marking his second imprisonment.
The Central Fourth Inspection Team entered the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation for an inspection.
In April 2023, during Tsai Ing-wen's visit to Southern California, Sun Yaoning reported her whereabouts in real time to officials at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles; the U.S. Department of Justice called him a secret agent of China, and he was later sentenced to 48 months in prison.
On April 1, 2023, the home of Zhang Heng, a villager from Zicun Village in Xixian New Area, Shaanxi, was forcibly demolished by more than ten armed people; Zhang Heng and his son fought back, killing one demolition worker. The court later found that Zhang Heng had acted in legitimate self-defense and acquitted him.
Bank of China used its subordinate financial institutions and employee contributions to create public-like holder structures for 11 private equity funds in order to exploit tax incentives meant for public funds.
In April 2023, reporter Li Weiao claimed that Zhang Jike had incurred massive gambling debts and handed over private images of Jing Tian to his creditors; the creditor who used the images to extort money from Jing Tian was later sentenced to 7 years for extortion.